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Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)

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Length
  
8.964 km

Location
  
Philadelphia

Major cities
  
Philadelphia

Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)

West end
  
PA 3 (Cobbs Creek Parkway) in Cobbs Creek

Major junctions
  
US 13 (38th Street) in University City I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) in University City PA 611 (Broad Street) in Center City

East end
  
Front Street in Penn's Landing

Chestnut Street is a major historic street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was originally named Wynne Street because Thomas Wynne's home was there. William Penn renamed it Chestnut Street in 1684. It runs east–west from the Delaware River waterfront in downtown Philadelphia through Center City and West Philadelphia. The road crosses the Schuylkill River on the Chestnut Street Bridge. It serves as eastbound Pennsylvania Route 3 between 63rd and 38th Streets.

Contents

Map of Chestnut St, Collingdale, PA 19023, USA

Points of interest

From east to west:

  • United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • National Liberty Museum
  • Carpenters' Hall
  • First National Bank (today, part of the Chemical Heritage Foundation)
  • Old City Hall
  • Second Bank of the United States
  • Independence Hall
  • Liberty Bell
  • Ben Franklin House, formerly the Benjamin Franklin Hotel
  • Belgravia Hotel
  • The Coronado Building
  • Drexel University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • References

    Chestnut Street (Philadelphia) Wikipedia